Garment-support.



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- Patented Oct. 28, I902. "H. BRALEY. GARMENT SUPPORT.

(Applicatiop. filed May 14, 1902.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRIET BRALEY, OF NEWCOMB, NEW ORK.

GARM ENT-S U PPO RT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 712,248, dated October 28, 1902.

Application filed May 14, 1902. Serial No. 107,316. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRIET BEALEY,'a citizen of the United States, residingat Newcomb, in the county of Essex and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Garment-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in garment-supports; and its object is to provide a device which may be readily secured to garments and detached therefrom, which is elastic, and therefore prevents undue straining upon the garments,and which also serves to hold the garments snugly about the wearer.

With the above and other objects in View the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, showing the preferred form of my invention, and in which-- I Figure 1 is a view showing the support attached to a shirt and trousers. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the support detached.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, 1 is an elastic strap or belt, to the ends of which are secured short elastic strips 2, arranged at right angles to the belt and connected at one end to a non-elastic tab 3, having a buttonhole therein, and at its opposite end to a buckle 4 of suitable construction. The strip 2 is preferably constructed by looping the material of which it is formed through the buckle and securing the ends together at their points of connection with the tab. A desired number of the elastic strips 2 may be arranged at points between the ends of the belt. The buttonholes in the tabs. 3

are adapted to engage buttons secured to tabs 5, fastened at desired points upon a shirt 6, and the buckles 4 engage tongues 7, secured at desired intervals to the garment to be supported.

It will be seen that by providing a garmentsupport of this character the same can be readily attached to or detached from the garment, will prevent an undue amount of strain upon the garment, and the belt 1 thereof will hold the clothing close to the waist of the wearer.

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of my invention; but I do not wish to limit myself thereto, as I am aware that modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve the right to make all such changes as fairly fall within the scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described the invention,

what is claimed as new is-- 1. A garment-support comprising an elastic belt, elastic strips extending transversely thereof and secured thereto, a non-elastic tab at one end of each strip, and buckles at the versely-extending'elastic strips secured to the belt, non-elastic tabs on the strips adapted to be detachably secured tothe tabs of the garment, and buckles at the opposite ends of said strips adapted to engage the tongues of .the second garment.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature inpresence of two witnesses.

- HARRIET BRALEY. Witnesses:

JOHN J. OWEN, ELMEE J. STONE. 

